Angela Fitch was in her early 40s when she got bad news. A physician herself, Fitch had gone in for a physical exam expecting a clean bill of health. But this time her blood pressure was high and her doctor suspected sleep apnea. Stress, long work hours and pregnancy had contributed to steady weight gain, and now she was realizing the health impacts.
Fitch thought of her patients with obesity — their struggles to lose weight and to manage associated ailments. She wondered if her fate would be that of her dad's — a serious, but non-fatal heart attack at age 50.
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